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Rev Jacob Hemingway

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Rev Jacob Hemingway

Birth
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
7 Oct 1754 (aged 70)
East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
Plot
Between Woodward and Smith/Chidsey near big split tree, rear of cemetery past Indian bowl crater
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Pastor of the Church of Christ in East Haven. First student of Yale college 1702. He graduated in 1704 per Rev Stephen Dodd in 1824. Not the first to graduate Yale.

Rev. Jacob Hemingway 1st minister of East Haven. Born there in 1683 & died Oct 7, 1754, aged 71. Ministry 50 years. He said when he first preached in East Haven, almost immediately after his graduation from Yale College in 1704, there were about 100 fighting Indians in the Parish. (paper of the NH Colony Historical society Vol 6)

Second wife Sarah, da. Abraham & Mary (Walker) Wooster, wid. of Charles Johnson b. 2 Apr 1705 Stratford
Pastor of the Church of Christ in East Haven. First student of Yale college 1702. He graduated in 1704 per Rev Stephen Dodd in 1824. Not the first to graduate Yale.

Rev. Jacob Hemingway 1st minister of East Haven. Born there in 1683 & died Oct 7, 1754, aged 71. Ministry 50 years. He said when he first preached in East Haven, almost immediately after his graduation from Yale College in 1704, there were about 100 fighting Indians in the Parish. (paper of the NH Colony Historical society Vol 6)

Second wife Sarah, da. Abraham & Mary (Walker) Wooster, wid. of Charles Johnson b. 2 Apr 1705 Stratford

Gravesite Details

Original tablet replaced 1981 by East Haven Historical Society



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  • Created by: Suzanne
  • Added: May 10, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110304121/jacob-hemingway: accessed ), memorial page for Rev Jacob Hemingway (6 Dec 1683–7 Oct 1754), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110304121, citing Old Cemetery, East Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Suzanne (contributor 47992853).